[ExI] Atheism

[Ben Zaiboc]

On 05/08/2018 22:07, Spike wrote:
>
> When dealing with religious people, there is a line of reasoning I 
> find very common: life without religion is pointless, meaningless, 
> etc, because it has no significant long term... anything.  So, they 
> choose to believe because it gives life meaning.
>
> A related line of reasoning hold that only religion offers a basis for 
> morality, and a life without morality would harm others, so... they 
> choose to believe in order to avoid harm to innocents.
>
> Hmmmm...
>
> OK then, I am one who has discovered joy, meaning and morality in this 
> short life, apart from religion.
>

You are far from the only one, Spike.

I suspect there are many, many more than certain parties would be 
comfortable with. And, it seems, there are more all the time.

-- 
Ben Zaiboc

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